Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Public Education and Information Officer, Tim Szymanski, speaks about fire prevention week. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas review-Journal @bizutesfaye
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Clark County firefighters held a fire prevention and safety event at Ann T. Lynch Elementary School in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
One person was displaced early Tuesday morning after a fire at a central valley apartment complex.
The fire was called in about 3:30 a.m. at the Lantana Apartments at 1200 S. Torrey Pines Drive, near Charleston Boulevard.
Firefighters at first believed that blaze started with an air conditioning unit on the roof.
But investigators later said the fire started in a deep pile of pine tree needles and the AC unit had been turned off for repairs. No injuries were reported, and the fire was out within about 30 minutes.
One person was displaced early Tuesday morning after a fire at a central valley apartment complex.
The fire was called in about 3:30 a.m. at the Lantana Apartments at 1200 S. Torrey Pines Drive, near Charleston Boulevard.
The fire started with an air conditioning unit on the roof of a building in the complex. The fire didn’t extend to the inside of the building, but one of the apartments was damaged by smoke and water.
No injuries were reported, and the fire was out within about 30 minutes.
Clark County Fire Department crews responded to a house fire in east Las Vegas Thursday morning. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Las Vegas Fire Department responded to reports of a fire around 11:20 Tuesday night at 4516 Mark Ave. A fire started in the back yard and spread up the back side of the house and into the second floor. Flames and thick, dark smoke billowed from the home. No one inside was injured, but a firefighter did suffer a cut to his hand and was hospitalized. The cause of the fire is not yet known
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The man was inside the burning home for “quite a while” before firefighters were able to reach him. He suffered life-threatening injuries. A neighbor trying to get to the second floor to help the man was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The fire was contained to the second floor and the cause has not yet been determined.
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